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From: jcmorris@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Joseph C. Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: All these hard disk problems (revisited)
Message-ID: <29287@linus.UUCP>
Date: 15 Apr 88 16:45:10 GMT
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Reply-To: jcmorris@mbunix (Morris)
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA.
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Keywords: disks,Hardcard
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A while back I posted a warning about the Plus International HardCard and
its nasty habit of using some vectors without telling you about it.  In
case anyone's held off from a HardCard because of that, I finally was able
to talk about the problem with the product manager, who informed me that 
the HardCard 20 meg devices manufactured since November, and all 40 meg
units, have relocated the data from main memory to a scratchpad within
the HardCard itself.  Owners of older 20 meg HardCards can get a no-cost
upgrade kit.  I haven't had a chance to try this, so I offer no warranties,
and your milage may vary...

Joe Morris